The #1 Measurement in your business right now is one you’re probably not even tracking. Here we are at the start of October 2026. The Economic Clock keeps ticking, and every month brings us closer to: The next downturn. The next recession. And (as I keep saying) The next great opportunity of your business life,...
When I shipped off to Schoolies Week in 1998, my mum sent me with a gift pack – Berocca, Breath spray, and Birth control. (Only two of them were necessary…) She passed judgement on the breath spray: “Why would you use that stuff, it smells so artificial?” Which missed the point entirely. It’s not about...
It was the best response to a Sales Project kick-off meeting I’ve ever had. “I’ve been silently tracking my calls for the past two years – would you like to see the spreadsheets?” (By the way, “YES!” is the only answer to “Would I like to see the spreadsheets?”) The Problem Revenue in this law...
I stole Jim Chalmers’ lunch money and now I have to sell my house for tax reasons. Well… sort of. The Nomad Tax Reality Most of you know that my family is nomadic – slowly visiting 6–10 countries each year. Itinerants on the voter rolls; happily still Australian residents for tax purposes. This latter point...
Last week I had one of those great “Maker Days” – purpose-built for a slow-paced creator like myself. Only this one was fuelled by AI as well as caffeine. (Pictured: above me on the Coconut Water coffee, as if 49 grams of sugar is healthy; below how Claude reacts when I change his model from...
Am I wrong? AI costs for SMEs are going to climb steeply in the next two years, before plummeting enormously. Let me walk you through my thinking. The Climb Right now, AI Agents are approaching human reliability for many roles. Customer service, data analysis, first-draft writing, scheduling, research – the list grows monthly. Since the...
